Day 01: Welcome at Kathmandu airport and drive to the hotel, short briefing about the entire programs.
Overnight at hotel with breakfast.
Day 02: Preparation for Trekking
After the breakfast meets your tour guide and visits some heritage sites in Kathmandu.
Overnight at hotel with breakfast.
Day 03: Flight to Lukla 2880m from Kathmandu, trek to Phakding 2640m, approx 3 hours walk. The flight will be roughly 25-30 minutes to Lukla. Lukla airport is now the Hillary airport named by Sir Edmund Hillary and this is the second busiest airport in Nepal.
Your proper trek will start from here and the first day will be a gradual walk. We will descend almost 200m from Lukla. A little bit up and down and crossing the bridge and walking through Dudhkoshi valley and local village.
The beautiful view of Mt Kongde and Kusum Kanguru, Monasteries along the way and beautiful landscape are the main highlights of the day.
Overnight at the lodge on full board.
Day 04: Trek to Namche Bazar 3441m, approximately 6-7 hours of walk. We will ascend almost 800m from Phakding. The first three hours will be quite similar to the first day.
Crossing bridge over the Dudhkoshi River (cross and re-cross), the beautiful views of Mt. Thamaserku, Kusum Kabgaro, some Mani walls and walking through the local villages will be just magnificent.
The last two hours will be harder than the first part. We can see more mountains and the first view of mt. Everest from along the way. Namche Bazar is the capital of Sherpas.
Overnight at the lodge on full board.
Day 05: Rest day in Namche Bazar. The rest day in Namche Bazar is very relevant for safe acclimatization.
We will take you around Namche Bazar to explore and go somewhere higher than Namche after breakfast and back to Namche.
It is always better to climb higher and go lower to sleep while you are trekking above 3000m from sea level.
Overnight at the lodge on full board.
Day 06: Trek to Tyangboche 3880m, approximately 5 hours of walk. We will ascend 440m from Namche. The first 20 minutes will be uphill then the trail will be really nice and easy for 1:30 hours.
You can see many mountains (including Everest) and the valley’s view which will be just amazing.
The trail will split to Gokyo valley and Base camp near Sanasa and we will take a right down to Phungi Thanga. The last two hours walk from Phungi Thanga will be uphill to the Tyangboche.
Overnight at the lodge on full board.
Day 07: Trek to Dingboche 4360m, approximately 5 hours of walk. We will ascend almost 500m from Tyangboche. The first 30 minutes will be downhill then flat through the forest till bridge over the Imja Khola.
The trail will be gradual up after the bridge. You won’t see big trees from these days because you will be over 4000m and it called the alpine zone. It will be a nice walk through Imja Khola valley.
Overnight at the lodge on full board.
Day 08: Rest day in Dingboche. We will take you somewhere higher than Dingboche after breakfast and back to Dingboche. You will have plenty of time to explore around Dingboche and climb to Nangkartshang hill.
Overnight at the lodge on full board.
Day 09: Trek to Lobuche 4930m, approximately 5-6 hours of walk. We will ascend more than 600m from Dingboche. We will gain more and more altitude and it is better to move slowly.
The day begins with uphill for 15-20 minutes to the ridge and gradual up to the Thukla.
You will enjoy your walk with beautiful scenery. From Thukla to the top will be the hardest part of the day. Steep uphill will be for about an hour more/less and you can see the beautiful view from the pass. Then it will be gradual up to the Labuche.
You can see spectacular sunset views over the Pumori and Nuptse.
Overnight at the lodge on full board.
Day 10: Trek to Gorakshep 5170m, Everest Base camp 5365m and back to Gorakshep, approximately 7-8 hours walk. This will be an important day because we are onwards to the Everest Base camp today. “You should reach your goal!!!”
We need to start quite earlier than other days because we need to walk a long distance today. It will be gradual up at the beginning and steep up in some parts but not too bad.
The trail is a little narrow and rocky somewhere. You can see nice views of mountains, valley, and glacier.
There is a little bit downhill just before Gorakshep. We will stop at the lodge in Gorakshep and we will have our lunch then continue to walk to EBC. The trail to EBC is a little bit narrow and a rocky little bit up/down.
You can see the beautiful view of Khumbu glacier and many mountains and it can be a little bit windy so, make sure that you have warm clothes. We will spend our time in the EBC and back to Gorakshep.
Overnight at the lodge on full board.
Day 11: Climb to Kalapattar 5565m in the morning and down to Gorakshep and trek down to Pheriche after breakfast, approximately 7-8 hours walk.
This day is important too because we will go to Kalapattar in the morning and we start to descend from this day.
We will wake up early in the morning and walk to Kalapattar then come down to Gorakshep. We will walk down to Pheriche from Gorakshep.
We will just follow the same way to Thukla and the trail will split to Pheriche and Dingboche. It will be much easier to go down than going up.
Overnight at the lodge on full board.
Day 12: Trek to Phortse 3800m, approximately 5-6 hours walk. A little bit flat at the beginning and down to the stream to cross the bridge then a little bit uphill to the top.
After 20 minutes of walk from the top then starts to follow the same way to go down to Pangboche.
The trails split to Tyangboche and Phortse from here and we take right to go to Phortse. This trail will be a little bit narrow than before not bad though, gradual/up/down.
Overnight at the lodge on full board.
Day 13: Trek to Khumjung 3790m, approximately 4-5 hours walk. The day starts with downhill for 40 minutes and a little bit gradual after the bridge. Then steep up to Mong-La for one hour more/less.
Again downhill from the top and gradual up just before Khumjung.
Overnight at the lodge on full board.
Day 14: Trek to Phakding 2660m, approximately 6-7 hours walk. Today your walk starts with uphill for 15-20 minutes and downhill to Namche through the Syangboche airstrip. Then we just follow the same trail to Phakding from Namche.
Overnight at the lodge on full board.
Day 15: Trek to Lukla 2880m, approximately 3 hours walk. We just follow the same way to Lukla. It will be a nice short day compare to other previous days. This will be the last night on the mountain.
Overnight at the lodge on full board.
Day 16: Fly out from Lukla. We just need to walk a little bit to get to the airport to catch the plane. You will reach Kathmandu after 25-30 minutes of flight. We will take you to the hotel and overnight at the hotel with breakfast.
Day 17: Final departure to Kathmandu airport or further program according to flight schedule.
Note: If the above itinerary does not meet your needs, we can design tailor-made travel plans based on your interest and timing.
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